WEEK SIX: TRIAL

[retellers]

WEEK SIX: TRIAL (22 remain) Rise and shine, gremlins. Hopefully you found it in you to make and eat breakfast, despite yesterday's news. At 11am, everyone will receive a message on their PHS, simply stating: Please go to the Emporium at 12. Shortly before 12pm, every participant will feel compelled to move towards the Emporium, if they aren't already there. No exceptions! Though they will have to navigate around shelves and merchandise and the like, everyone will fit neatly inside the room. Once all the participants are present and the clock strikes twelve, the doors lock behind them. Three of the Leaders are there with them: Wolf, Rabbit, and Fox. Wolf speaks. "Nine hours. You know what to do." ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Hello, everyone, and welcome to the seventh trial! For the next nine hours, the characters are expected to discuss among themselves, ask questions, examine the bodies of the victims, look over the evidence found yesterday, and revisit locations as needed in order to find the culprit(s). There'll be a one hour break from 5-6pm EST, where no mod tags will occur. Before the trial is over, please remember to place your character's vote over on the voting page. Voting will close at 9pm EST/6pm PST, and will serve as our activity check for the week, so please be sure you get your vote in before it ends unless you have contacted us previously. If you have any questions at any time, please let us know by pinging us on Discord!

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[axecessory]

[ oh boy!

to everyone else in the peanut gallery: ]

Is this... jealousy? Or, um—tying emotions together?

[ ?????????? ]

[supremity]

[ He's like, half-listening, between Xie Lian and Dorothy.

... but getting a ""scolding"" at least gets him to put a pause on staring her down like he's going to bite her head off. ]

- do we know who had invitations like that.

[axecessory]

[ she has to think back to week... 4? week 4 trial? most everyone fessed up to the invites. ]

Um... Ochako? And Yona, I think...

[dianxias]

[ from where he is still holding dorothy's hand ]

Since it was found as evidence, would it be likely to be Miss Ochako's?

[axecessory]

That's if I'm right and it's the jealousy one.

[ she looks at their joined hands. ]

And, um... seems like there's a good chance I'm right?

[dianxias]

[ ...

in a small voice: ]


...When Rufus went to talk to her, it made me very sad.....

[axecessory]

[ ...she gets on her tip toes and pats his head. ]

It's okay! Don't be sad. The two of you together gave us a clue.

[dianxias]

[ the sad puppy look is briefly replaced with a hesitant, i am trying to be happy smile, though he does keep looking past her at rufus and dorothy. ]

....Thank you, Miss Hilda.... At least there is that...

[cuedoves]

Why those two?

[axecessory]

Because they seem jealous? Or close?

It could be something else, but I'm having trouble keeping all the RSVPs straight in my head, if you've got other ideas.

[cuedoves]

Yeah, but if it was Ochako... was she trying to make a point, tying them together? Or was it a frame? It seems more like forced jealousy to me. Dorothy is.... confident, and Xie Lian isn't the jealous type. So I don't think it's affection.

[axecessory]

I'm not sure why she did it... Obviously it couldn't have been Yona, and Ochako seems more likely than Sora.

[ who was the other person with that invite that i forgot, oops. chalk it up to her trying to remember something from two weeks ago. ]

Maybe there's some significance to the names she picked.

[stillnot]

... Ochako and Xie Lian are close friends.

If I were going to try to send a message, I would try to send it to a close friend.

[axecessory]

[ ...she tucks some stray hair idly behind her ear and nods. ]

Yeah, I would too.

[supremity]

I think there was.

[ Hua Cheng is keeping his distance from Xie Lian, which is obviously very difficult, but he's pensive in a way that implies they're all heading on the same track instead of outright brooding and saying this because he's petty. ]

[axecessory]

Mmhm.

[ all these mopey boys. she thinks they're kind of on the same page without having to say much, so she just takes his hands and swings them a little playfully. ]

I know it's annoying, but Xie Lian is really helping us out with this.

[supremity]

[ Hilda is permitted to have his singular hand, since that's all he's got, and they'll all just vibe on this train together. Six weeks ago he would have made a face but nowadays he's just resigned himself to people being tactile with him.

He is pretty grumpy about this, though. ]

We've got more important things to focus on than causing more of a scene than what's already happened. At least we know what the invitation was, now.

[cuedoves]

.... We should probably verify that it's her handwriting. Just to make sure someone isn't playing games.

[supremity]

Izumo tried. She wasn't able to match it.

[uhhhmagic]

Did she give any notes to anyone, or write on something else?

[dianxias]

Miss Ochako and I have always been very close. If it was her, than why would she...


[ he stops, suddenly.

as if realizing something. ]

[cuedoves]

[ maybe they came to the same conclusion, but zuko's looking at xie lian to see if he'll say what he realized ]

If it was hers used, do you think it was Ochako who did it?

[dianxias]

Cursed the two of us....?

Yes. I think that's highly likely.

[misstrust]

... Why? Ochako and I have never had problems before.

[dianxias]

... She... wouldn't have done this to me, unless it was important - unless she wanted me to see something. I don't...

[ ......


he shakes his head. ] ....Let's keep looking for more evidence.